Nadine Dorries
We’ve fact checked Nadine Dorries seven times.
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We’ve fact checked Nadine Dorries seven times
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It does not cost the public £500,000 to train a doctor
It costs nearly half a million pounds of our money to train a GP or a surgeon. Currently, they are free to take advantage of our subsidised training, then later move to Australia or New Zealand — as almost half do — and not pay a penny back!
Nadine Dorries, 27 June 2023
Nadine Dorries wrong to claim employment higher than pre-pandemic level
there are 420,000 more people in work
Nadine Dorries, 20 January 2022
PM misleads on employment figures, again
There are 420,000 more people in work today than there were at the start of the pandemic.
Nadine Dorries, 22 January 2022
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